Bunni Lezak is the author of the photo used as Diamonds On The Inside CD cover.

swer.net: Did you know Ben's music before this collaboration?
Bunni: Yes. Fight For Your Mind really worked it out for me.

swer.net: How did you meet Ben and why did you agree to work with him?
Bunni: I met Ben through my fiancé, Zen. Ben enjoys Zen's clothing company named Charizmatik. Ben had asked Zen to make him a custom patchwork suit. In doing this I had the oppurtunity to meet/hang out with Ben and the band. I accepted to work with him because he inspired me and I was moved to inspire him.

swer.net: We can read on your website "Her subject matter often centers on nudes, nature, flowers and children". We can add that you like the nudes/nature duo (Resting, Bonnie and baby, cover of Diamonds On The Inside). What evokes this nude/nature duo? What did you want to express through the cover of Diamonds On The Inside?
Bunni: We were all born from nature. To me the duo isn't a duo it just is. The expression of the image comes from the viewer. For me to explain what I want to express would take away from the expression which is already innately in us.

swer.net: What is the story behind the cover of Diamonds On The Inside?
Bunni: I was on the tail end of a road trip with my favorite model, Leanora. When we both spotted a crazy sandstorm off the side of the road. We decided to check it out. The rest is what you see.

swer.net: We can also read on your website "The vibrancy she evokes in her work is always real and never the result of digital enchancement." — This photo is so unreal, so deep, that I thought it was a photo-composition, with digital treatment. What gear did you use ?
Bunni: Just a Hasselblad camera and me printing in the darkroom. That's all.

swer.net: On previous albums we saw photos of Ben and other musicians, or drawings and symbols. Your photo is the first one that brings sensuality to the album artwork. Is this something Ben was searching for in your work?
Bunni: This praticular image pre-existed. Ben saw it and asked to use it. I was honored.

swer.net: It's really hard to reproduce the cover and keep the original colors and retain all the detail. In the various forms of media (internet, press, ect.) reproductions are rather bad. Does it upset you to see bad pictures of such a beautiful photo?
Bunni: Thank you. Any and all reproductions of anything always harm the original. Just seeing it reproduced everywhere warms my heart. So, I guess the anwser is no.

Interview by Emmanuel Rivet / www.swer.net - March 2003